Malacoctenus gilli

Malacoctenus gilli
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Blennioidei
Family:	Labrisomidae
Genus:	Malacoctenus
Species:	M. gilli
Binomial name
	Malacoctenus gilli; (Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms
	Clinus gilli Steindachner, 1867; Labrisomus biguttatus Cope, 1871; Malacoctenus biguttatus (Cope, 1871);

Malacoctenus gilli, the Dusky blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea from the Bahamas to the north coast of South America. This species inhabits reef patches, areas of sandy substrates with available rocks and beds of seagrass at depths of from 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft). It can reach a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Malacoctenus gilli" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Malacoctenus gilli" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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